Current and former members of the military have been posting sexually degrading comments and explicit pictures of female service members on Facebook, according to a congresswoman who has alerted the Pentagon to the alarming behavior.

The Facebook page, called 'F'N Wook,' has been removed since Rep. Jackie Speier, a Democrat from California, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel concerning the site. She attached to the letter a number of screenshots from the website as evidence.

In one photo included in the letter, a female Marine is pictured putting a male Marine into a choke hold. The caption reads: 'This is my rape face.'

Outrage: This is a copy of part of Rep. Jackie Speier's letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel concerning a Facebook page called 'F'N Wook'

Another photo shows a female soldier lying on the ground with a gun and the caption reads: 'Hehe... I can "bang" even when I am not on my back!'

Speier expressed outrage over the website as the military comes under increased scrutiny with a report showing a jump in sexual assaults within the ranks.

Rep. Jackie Speier expressed outrage over the website in a letter sent to the Pentagon

'The background wallpaper for "F'N Wook" shows a woman's breasts, and includes numerous pictures depicting women in various forms of nudity and being verbally and sometimes physically abused,' Speier wrote in the letter to Hagel. 'The page also includes images of women taken without their permission, inviting commenters to add their own captions.

'Many of the pictures imply women only advance professionally by performing sexual favors and otherwise promote the idea that women are inferior and only useful as sexual objects and sandwich makers.'

She
said a number of similar pages also exist, including 'U Suckers Missed
Christmas - USMC,' 'POG Boot F**ks,' and 'Just the Tip, of the Spear.'

The 'F'N Wook' page had more than 10,000 likes before it was taken
down.

Reforms that the
Pentagon has adopted to address the rate of sexual assault in the
service 'thus far have been woefully insufficient,' she wrote. 'The
military cannot eradicate this problem without fundamentally changing
its approach, including its tolerance of participation in these kinds of
websites.'

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Stars and Stripes is reporting that in response to Speier's letter, the Marine Corps has warned its members to 'avoid inappropriate behavior' online.

'Marines must use their best judgment at all times and avoid inappropriate behavior that could bring discredit upon themselves, their unit and the Marine Corps,' Capt. Eric Flanagan, a Marine spokesman, said in a written statement. 'This includes posting any defamatory, libelous, abusive, threatening, racially or ethnically hateful or otherwise offensive of illegal content.'

Flanagan told Stars and Stripes that active-duty and reserve Marines who have posted on the questionable Facebook pages have been referred to the Marines’ commanders 'for appropriate action.'

Taken down: 'F'N Wook' was removed by Facebook after Speier sent the letter

Response: Following Speier's letter, the Marine Corps has warned its members to 'avoid inappropriate behavior' online